What are FeedBackLoops aka Complaint Loops
Feed-Back-Loops (FBL) are a way for large ISPs to let you know that someone has made a complaint to THEM about a message we have sent them on your behalf. This is not a bounce, or reply, but a mechanism that is used by their customers to flag emails we send them. If that complaint ratio get's too high they might decide to block us altogether, which would affect us and our other customers. A complaint rate of 1.5% or less is acceptable on this platform but if you are adhering to our Terms of Use and Acceptable Use Policies as is required, you should never receive complaints.
For a detailed description by the people that define the FeedBackLoop concept, go M3AAWG FBL RESOURCES.
You need to set up FBLs at the following providers, at a minimum do those that are flagged:
- yahoo/aol: YAHOO SENDER HUB <-- must have
- Bluetie
- Comcast -- must have
- Cox -- good to have
- Earthlink
- Gmail -- they do not have, must set up postmaster at google
- Hotmail -- (all microsoft properties) must have. also do SNDS
- Mail.ru
- Rackspace -- important
- Roadrunner
- Synacor -- They sell licenses and host an Outlook competitor that works really great!
- Terra
- Tucows -- important
- United Online
- USA.net
- Zoho
Try to get them all set up when you can.